Tie back for drapes, curtains, and the like



Sept 19, 1933: w. c. CHAPMAN TIE BACK FOR DRAPEs; CURTAINS AND THE LIKE Filed April '7, 1932 F m I Patented Sept. 19, 1933 was.

s i I 1,927,061 TIE BACK Foa gn r ims, CURTAINS, AND,

LIKE

v 7 William Ghapmamflhicago, Ill. 7 Application April 7,1932. Serial No. 603,750

' 7 Claims. (01. 156-33) The invention relates to tie backs for drapes, curtains and the like and the primary object of the invention is to improve the construction and arrangement of devices of this character 'to ren- 8 der the same'more efficient and attractive when installed for their intended purpose in holding the suspended body portions of curtains, drapes and the like, especially whenapplied for ornamental andpartial; closure purposes inrelation to windows, doors and the like. v

In general, myimproved tie back'may be used for the ornamental securement of substantially any character of suspended drape or curtain-portions of which may be desired to be tied back or partially deflected for ornamental and utilitarian purposes.

Heretofore, tie backs for curtains anddrapes have been made of various forms of twisted ornamentalcords to which ornamental tassels have sometimes been appended.

My invention contemplates. the provision of an elongated strip, or band of woven or knitted fabric, preferably of an ornamental character provided at its extremities with suitable loops for attaching devices to a tie back support, and it is a further object of the invention to provide at the extremities of the body portion of such flexible tie back strip improved means for the securement of the attaching loops and for ornamenting' .and concealing the joint at the point of connection between the. said tie back strip and the terminal loops.

It is a vide an improved tie backbody strip of woven or to provide a' suitable ornamental cufi or band for the intended purpose.

It is a further object of the invention to provide in combination with an ornamental relatively flexible strip of woven or knitted material a detachable, ornamental medallion adapted to be secured betweenthe extremities of the said strip on the exposed surface thereofand to support, when desired, without undue sagging or disarrangement of the said tie back body strip, an ornamental tassel suspended therefrom bya length of flexible cord. i f It is a further. object of the invention' to'provide an improved form of relatively rigid, ornamental medallion adapted for attachment to a flexible strip of material comprising the body portion of a tieback for curtains, drapes and the like in combination .with improved means for supporting an ornamental tassel pendant therefrom and improved means for detachably and adfurtherobject of the invention to pro-' knitted ornamental material of sufficient width justablyv securing the medallion and the tassel to the outer and ornamental surface'of the flexible tie back body. v V t Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description which is directed to the preferred embodiment thereof as illustrated in the drawing forming a par t of the specifica tion, the novel features being more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the said-drawing: v v Fig. 1 is a fragmentary View of a window casing on the inner side of which is suspended a flexible curtain or drape which is held in its normal position by an improved tie back embodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detached view of one of the terminal loops formed of flexible cord or analogous material, t i

Fig. 3 illustrates a rectangular strip of ornamental woven or knitted, flexible fabric from which my improved tie back body is formed.

Fig. 4 is a broken viewat one end or on the I 1 reverse side .of thebody strip of the tie back of the form of Fig. 3 illustrating the manner in which the knotted cord'loop of Fig. 2 is secured to the terminalsof the strip comprising the tie back body. I v Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 to which is shown attached a spirally wound elongated strip of ornamental ruffing for ornamental and finishing purposes. l

Fig. dis a fragmentary View of a tie back body provided atthe end portion thereof with a loop and the ornamental ,ruffing'as shown in Fig. 5 togetherwith a detachable ornamental medallion of the form and construction illustrated in Figs. 9and10.

Fig. 7 is aview of the reverse side of a tie back stripsimilar to the view shown in- Fig. 5 and illustrating the manner in which the body of the strip intermediate its ends maybe folded or pleated and stitched or sewedto put the tie body in Sllitv able condition at this point for receiving especiallyan ornamental medallion carrying a relatively'heavy pendant cord and tassel as illustrated, for example, in Fig.8. Fig.8 is a .view illustrating one manner of attachment of the substantially rigid type of orna mental medallion carrying a flexible cord and tassel pendant therefrom.

Fig. 9 is a View on .the reverse side of the ornamental rigid medallion of a form shown, for example, in Figs. 6,8 and 10,a portion thereof being broken away to disclose details of construc "tionlof the medallionand Fig. 10 is a detailed sectional view through the ornamental medallion of Fig. 9 illustrating in detail the construction of the devices connected therewith for detachably connecting the medallion at any desired point on the outer and ornamental, exposed surface of the flexible tie back body strip.

The ornamental, flexible material of which the tie back body is preferably formed, as illustrated in Fig. 3-, will preferably be cut from a strip of elongated woven or knitted material so that the tie back body will be provided with substantially rectangular end portions. Such a strip is designated generally by the reference character l0 in Fig. 3 and the longitudinal top and bottom body of the curtain 17 to retain it in a well known edges thereof may be either plain or ornamented in any desired manner, especially when the strip is of woven or knitted material. Flexible cord loops, designated generally by the reference character 11, Fig. 2, may be formed of any suitable, flexible cord cut to suitable lengths and provided with spaced apart knotted portions as indicated at 12 and '13, there" being a terminal loop as indicated at 14 thus formed, the loop 14 obviously being intended for securement to some form of 25 ornamental attaching device of any desired character as a metallic pin or hook which may be covered by suitable ornamental device on a wall or partition at a window or to the casings, such ornamental part of the retaining device being designated by the reference" character 15, in Fig. 1, a fragmentary part of a window casing being designated by the reference character 16.

' In Fig. 1, one of the hanging curtain members is designated generally'by the reference char- 35 acter 17 and the looped body portion 10 of the tie back provided with the terminal attaching loops 14 will be secured to the tie back fixture 15 so that the tie back will be looped around the manner in the draped position as illustrated in Fig. 1.

An important novel feature of my invention resides not only in the knotted, flexible cord loops 11 in theterminal of the tie back body but in their manner of securement thereto which is done in the following manner as illustrated in Fig. 4.

- The knotted and looped cord members 11 are laid flat on the reverse side of the body tie back strip 10 so that preferably only a portion of the knotted part 12 and the loop 14 project from the extremities of the tie back body strip 10. The adjacent corners of the body strip 10 will-then be folded over along-angular lines of fold in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4 to an overlapping position upon theknotted cord loop members 11 as indicated by the reference characters 18 and 1 9 of Figs. 4 and 5-, and the folded and overlapped parts 18 and 19 are then stitched to each other and to theknotted' cord loop members 14 to firmly secure the flexible loop member 11 to the terml nals of thebody portion of the tie back. In the formation of the connection, the knots 12 and.l3 will assist especially if the parts be brought to the relative positions illustrated in Fig. 4' so that the knot 13 will lie wholly within and upon the surface of the body portion 10 with only a part of the knot 12" exposed.

After the parts are thoroughly stitched together so that the knotted loop member 11 will be held against detachment, parts which are stitched may be covered and all stitching and rough edges concealed by the use of a suitable covering as an elongated strip of ruffing material which may be spirally wound over the joint at the terminal connection thus formed between the knotted loop member 11 and the flexible body 10 of the tie back.

Any other ornamental covering at this point might be utilized but an elongated strip of rufling material spirally wound as indicated by the refwire be embodied in the rufiing strip for holding the same in spiral formation as illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive where a flexible body strip 10 of a finished ornamental character is used when the tie back loop and the finished rufiing portions 20 are applied, the tie back device may be used with good effect for holding curtains and drapes in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. To

such a strip an ornamental medallion may, however, be added with good effect. Such a device is illustrated in detail in Figs. 9 and 10 and is shown in its applied form to the tie back in Figs. 1, 6 and 8 with or without the flexible pendant tassel, being designated generally by the reference character 30. Such a medallion is preferably made from a supporting part in the form of a circular block or button of Wood or analogous material as designated at 31 and preferably provided with acentral opening as indicated at 32 through which strands of ornamental fibrous material may be passed and extended radially around the outer periphery of the bodyr3l to form an ornamental covering therefor. Such wrappings of fibrous material are indicated in the broken view in Fig. 9 being designated by the reference character 33 and shown also in the sectional view Fig. 10. Afterthe member 31 is thus wrapped, other ornamental material may be secured to the medallion by stitching as indicated by the reference character 34 and any other suitable outer covering may be applied over the exposed top of the medallion in a well known manner; The circular body portion 31 will be too fit

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provided with a plurality of holes spaced around the periphery but inwardly therefrom to take the metallic fastening devices 35 which may consist of one or more spaced-apart headed prongs which if caused to pierce the material of the tie back body 10' may then be bent or folded flat upon the inner surface of the tie back body so that by the use of such attaching prongs 35, the medallion may be placed wherever thought to be most effective by the user. Whenit is desired to place the medalion near the middle of the tie back body,

the manner of pleating the tie back body at the point of deflection as designated by the reference character 36 in Fig. 7 will mark the point for securement of the medallion to procure the ornamental effect indicated in Fig. 8. This is an effective and especially desirable arrangement of the medallion when'the' flexible cord tassel 37 is used since the weight of the medallion and particularly that of' the pendant tassel 37, which will be sewed between the medallion and'the tie back The ornamental medallion maybe attached, however with or without the pendant, flexible cord tassel to the body of the tie back and its location, by reason of its detachable character, determined to suit the taste of the user, thus securing highly ornamental and satisfactory re-.

sults in the arrangement of curtains and drapes not heretofore obtainable with known types of flexible tie backs.

I claim:

1. A tie back for curtains and the like comprising a flexible body-strip of woven or knitted textile fabric provided with terminal end loops of flexible cords, the extremities of which cords are secured together upon the respective end portions of the flexible body-strip, the joints between the bodystrip and said loops being covered and finished by loosely formed, ornamental, flexible fibrous material wrapped spirally therearound to provide a finishing enlargement of a diameter approximating the normal width of the said flexible body-strip.

2. A tie back forcurtains and the like comprising an elongated substantially rectangular strip of textile fabric having flexible twisted and knotted loop members stitched to the terminal portions thereof, the respective corner portions of the strip adjacent the said loops be- I ing folded over and around the knotted portions of said loops and stitched-together.

3. A tie back forcurtains and the like comprising an elongated substantially rectangular strip of textile fabric having flexible twisted and knotted loop members stitched to the terminal portions thereof, the respective corner portions of the strip adjacent the said loops being folded over and around the knotted portions of said loops and stitched together, the joints thus formed between the knotted co-operating portions and the body of the tie back strip being covered with an ornamental strip of rufling material. 7

4. A tie back for curtains and the like comprising an elongated substantially rectangular strip of textile fabric having flexible twisted and knotted loop members stitched to the terminal portions thereof, the respective corner portions of the strip adjacent the said loops being folded over and around the knotted portionsof said loops and stitched together, the joints thus formed between the knotted co-operating portions and the body of the tie back strip being covered with an ornamental strip of ruffing ma-..

terial wound spirallyaround the said joints.

- 5. A tie back for curtains and the like comprising, an elongated substantially rectangular strip of textile fabric having flexible twisted and knotted loop members stitched to the terminal portions thereof,. the respective corner portions of the strip adjacent the said loops being folded over and around the knotted portions of said loops and stitched together, the joints thus formed between the knotted co-operating portions and the body of the tie back. strip being covered with an ornamental strip of rufling material re-enforced by a flexible non-resilient metallic wire and being wound in spiral formation around the said joints. i I

6. A tie back for curtains and the like comprising a flexible strip of textile fabric of elongated substantially rectangular form in combination with terminal end loops of twisted flexible cords tied with a plurality of spaced apart knots leaving extending closed loop portions, the said loop members being stitched to the terminals of the flexible body strip of the tie back with the adjacent corners of the strip folded over and around the knotted portion of the loop members and stitched thereto, and an ornamental strip of ruffing material wound spirally around the loop members andthe tie back body to conceal the knotted portions of the loop and exposed, un-

finished and stitched portions of the said tie back body adjacent the said loops.

7. An article of commerce comprising a tie back for curtains and the like formed of a flexible strip of textile fabric with terminal loops, and having an ornamental medallion detachably connected thereto intermediate the ends thereof, the said medallion being formed with a' perforated body of relatively solid material covered with a wrapping of ornamental fibrous strands and having a plurality of spacedapart flexible metallic prongs projecting from the back thereof for detachable connection with the body of the said tie back strip.

WILLIAMC. CHAPMAN. 

